Unlocking History Concept uri

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/332


Preferred label

virtually unfolded letter 


Alternative label

virtually opened letter, virtually opened letterpacket; virtually unfolded letter, virtual unfolding of a letter, virtually unlocked letter


Scope note

A unopened letterpacket that has undergone imaging to allow for its contents to be observed.      


Top concept

attribution types      

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/601 


Broader/Parent concept

manifestation        

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/326


Related concept

unopened letter      

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/576 


The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute Concept uri

Not in AAT       


The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Jana Dambrogio, Amanda Ghassaei, Daniel Starza Smith, Holly Jackson, Martin L. Demaine, Graham Davis, David Mills, Rebekah Ahrendt, Nadine Akkerman, David van der Linden, Erik D. Demaine, Unlocking history through automated virtual unfolding of sealed documents imaged by X-ray microtomography. Nature Communications 12, 1184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21326-w 


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